The reminiscent arc had ended. Returning to the current timeline where Eirwen Night finally woke up from his deep sleep for two whole years. After dropping by the castle for a short visit, he once again took his leave. He even left his attendant Neige to do the work of giving away his gifts for them.
After Eriwen Left the castle he went to the town but after remembering that he doesn't even have a single penny to spend, he could only stay at the plaza's fountain lazing around.
Eirwen murmurs, "Yue~ I'm so hungry but we don't even have money to buy food. Do you think Neige has some money?"
[He is the Ice Spirit King. The spirit race usually just eats fruits and vegetables. Those gluttonous ice pixies around you were influenced by your nature as a foodie. You should have seen how many times they went to a human town just to buy desserts and cakes. Neige had to stop them personally or they would have bought more than a year's worth of food in just a few days!]
"Didn't they say ice spirits were obnoxious? You can now approach them by bribing them with sweets."
[That… is also… true.]
"Do you have any musical instruments in the System Inventory? Anything is fine, just make sure that this world possesses such an instrument." as Eirwen Night.
[We have a piano, harp, zither, violin, flute, all the instruments in all realms are available. Which one do you like host?]
"I wanted something easy to carry."
[Host can put in your dimensional space. It can be used as an Item Box instead.]
"I see. Which of them exists in this world?" asked Eirwen.
[Lyre harp, Lute, and Harmonica are popular among commoners. For the nobility they enjoy violin and piano.]
"The ratio of commoners and nobles in the plaza at this moment?"
[Normally commoners would be out at this time but because it's Duke Damian's funeral the nobles at the town have a higher percentage at this moment.]
"Yue, give me the violin and a hat."
[Right away, host!]
"Do you think those fools would be watching from the Divine Realm?"
[Of course. In this world, they've learned a hobby called secret surveillance in simple terms peeking. Once they've descended they will become your full pledge stalkers!]
"It won't be long before they upgrade to being a pervert with special hobbies."
After ending his conversation with his system in his mind, a violin appeared in the thin air in the space near him. Eirwen caught the violin and asked the ice spirits to transform his white robes into a white three-piece suit and a long-tailed silver coat with glittering pale blue snowflakes pattern at the edges of the coat. The ice pixies placed the hat on the floor in front of Eirwen.
The long-tailed coat flutters behind Eirwen Night like a silvery dress with the ice pixies leaving a snowy effect as they hover around him. He now looks like an ice fairy playing around in a human city.
His magical transformation caught almost everyone's eyes regardless of gender. With half of his face hidden behind a silver, his androgynous features made the audience unable to guess his real gender. His golden irises squint in amusement as a mischievous smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Even before he speaks those who were staring at him felt allured and bewitched by his every gesture. They stared at him dazedly as if spellbound. Eirwen stood properly and placed the violin to his shoulder in a properly inclined manner. Tilting his head a bit he slowly placed the bow on the violin strings before starting to play a sad yet sentimental tone. Eirwen Night chooses to play a sorrowful yet emotional sound that doesn't match the funeral event which everyone had to attend today.
The death of the youngest yet most popular duke in Kingdom Hart. The daredevil is well-known for his cold temperament yet kind towards his people. Despite his expressionless face, a lot of people were helped by this young duke. It is because he exists that the kingdom's safety is fortified. As long as the Damian Bloodline is in the kingdom, there will be knowing to be feared.
The Damian Household is a famous family of guardians, they had been protecting the royal family and the kingdom for as long as history was recorded. This is why every departure of this special yet cursed bloodline is remembered by the people of Kingdom Hart.
The melodic tone full of a regretful love song was played before them. It's a music piece called Pathétique Symphony [Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)], he played its tone with the violin. He only played the Adagio part. The theme of this piece gradually grows to become a serene and rapturous melody. This is said to be a symphony about life to death.
According to the critics' articles about this piece, it is said that the composer had created this musical piece for his nephew.
The whole meaning of this piece is: 'The ultimate essence… of the symphony is life. The first part is all about emotions of confidence, impulse, passion, and thirst for activity. The second part is about love. The third is disappointment and eventually leads to the final part which means death.'
According to the records, this Sixth Symphony had a secret message that Tchaikovsky told something to his beloved nephew was there in the music, which would remain a secret only the two of them could understand.
They said that this symphony is a reflection of Tchaikovsky's autobiography at his last moments. He must have been depressed as the first diagnosis and eventually become a Homosexual Tragedy came later. No one knows the truth behind this musical piece but according to the period for this record, it was under romantic music.
Eirwen Night played this piece with the intention of informing everyone that Duke Damian died due to depression and love. But a layman would never understand the meaning of this piece, they could only listen and wallow at the emotions the sound portrays.
He didn't play the whole piece as it was quite long. Eirwen only played for an hour before he finally stopped. As soon as he finished playing the piece, everyone was first rendered speechless only returning to reality when the violinist bows to note that the play is done. Only then the audience was brought to reality and clapped their hands in response.
Clap. Clap. Clap
They threw money inside the hat in front of the fairy-like man as a reward for the captivating piece he just played. There are some nobles whose eyes glow while looking at him. Just based on their body's movements they were intending to invite Eirwen to play at their place in exchange for a huge price. But The latter had no intentions of entertaining them after waving his hand slightly towards the audience he teleported on the spot. With a swirl of snowflakes around him, he disappeared in thin air as if they were seeing things. The hat full of coins had vanished together with him.
The people who witnessed him disappearing in thin air followed by the scent of snow and ice made the rest think that he is a real fairy. A story of this event had spread in the kingdom in which only those who knew about his real identity would understand the real meaning of his actions. This is news that would one day reach the ears of King Argus and he would choke on his tea whenever he hears about this event. This is a story for the future.
Meanwhile, Eirwen Night had teleported together with his pixies and hid themselves in the back alleys. There he removes his mask and once again returns his clothes back to a white robe he used to wear before playing the violin. The music instrument was once again tucked inside his dimensional space. It didn't take a while for them to pour the money out of the hat and start counting the coins.
Eirwen asked, "How much did we get?"
'My Lord there are 44 gold coins, 500 silver coins, and 1000 bronze coins.'
'It is quite a lot, my lord.'
'What are we going to buy?'
'I'm hungry~~'
"Yue, how much was it to register in Adventurer's Guild? Go check it for me," said Eirwen in his mind.
[Host, you need 10 gold coins for the registration.]
"I'll save 10 gold coins then as for the rest let's buy some afternoon snacks and save some for dinner," said Eirwen.
Then all of the sudden a hand appeared in front of him. The hand is slender with fair tinted skin. When Eirwen looked up to see the owner of the hands, he saw Neige's stern expression on his white skin face.
"My lord let me handle the money. I would hold it for you," said Neige, who is doing his job as his attendant. He will be responsible for his lord's expenses and serve him properly as his subordinate.
Eirwen didn't hesitate to gather all the money and put it in his pouch before giving it to his attendant. Seeing this situation the ice pixies hovering around Eirwen could only pout as their king took control of their food money. Seeing that their lord himself placed the pouch on their king's hand, signifies that they wouldn't be able to use all the coins to buy a mountain of desserts.
Neige keeps the pouch in his possession and stares at his lord.
Seeing his attendant not speaking while looking at him made Eirwen blinks his eyes in confusion, "What's wrong? I haven't done anything bad yet except for playing the violin to get some money." said Eirwen.
"My lord, have you registered at the adventurer's guild yet?" asked Neige.
Eirwen replies honestly, "Not yet."
"Do you plan to use your current appearance or use a disguise?" asked Neige.
"A disguised one should be better. Let's return to Ivern first and make some preparations. Those guys' eyes should be able to see through the defensive formation I created in that place. I will decide what kind of disguise I will wear in Ivern." said Eirwen.
The Ice spirit king had no other opinion about his lord's decision. He would be following him and where he wanted to go. He only nodded his head in agreement silently. Once they had made their decision the two prepare to return back to Ivern. They didn't directly teleport to the place as they still wanted to look around the town and check the location of the Adventurer's guild they would be visiting tomorrow.
Neige spoke, "My lord, Araysh had passed a token to us. He says we could withdraw money in the banks with it." He passed a black token with a carved black and gold dragon on it.
Eirwen stared at the weird token and noticed that a tracking spell was placed on it. His lips hooked up in amusement seeing the locator inside the token. He knew that this is the work of those two fools who were intending to descend in the mortal plane just to look for him.
He controls his mana and instantly breaks the spell placed in the token.
"I don't approve of cheating~ Work harder to catch me~ There should be a reward when you do so~" murmured Eirwen. "I should also make some necklace with an anti-clairvoyance spell in it. To prevent peeping perverts just in case~"
Neige spoke, "My Lord there should be those types of necklaces in the treasure cave in Ivern. I will look for some for you."
"That's great! For now, let's take our time looking around the town before returning to Ivern," said Eirwen.
They've left the back alleys and once again roam around in the town.
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On the other hand at the Divine Realm.
Adrienne and Lucien could only watch as Eirwen Night destroy the spell they've cast on the token they had Araysh passed to their beloved. It is supposed to a spell cast with the divine energy as a God which is supposed to be impossible to break especially by a mortal. They watch him remove the clairvoyance spell placed on it like some paper he could rip whenever he wanted. Now they are hundred percent sure that Eirwen Night is not a mortal. In short, he is not a human being.
Lucien spoke, "I told you, Addie, ~ that he would broke that spell like nothing~"
"I just wanted to see it for myself," replied Adrienne.
The God of light says, "You should have expected it when we could no longer appraise him the moment he woke up from his long, deep sleep~"
"…Shut up! Are you really going to descend with me?" asked the God of darkness.
Lucien rolled his eyes at his twin elder brother and commented, "Of course! You want me to watch you get lovey-dovey with our fated one alone! In your dreams~"
"If we both descend the Divine realm would fall in chaos," responded Adrienne.
Lucien raise his eyebrow at his twin brother and asked, "You want to stay here alone?"
"You want to get ahead on your own?" said Adrienne with a cold expression and voice.
Snorts!
"Then stop asking! Eira is much more important than this boring place!" said Lucien.
Adrienne murmured, "That is also true."
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Currency in this world:
1 gold coin = 100 silver coins
1 silver coin = 100 bronze coins
